by Mim Rojvirasingh | Oct 23, 2020 | University of Chicago
Though the Thai government does not necessarily hide its autocratic tendencies, it is far from willing to let go of the democratic label. On October 15th 2020, after three months of student-led protests calling for monarchy reform and his resignation, Prime Minister...
by Kristy Lam | Oct 21, 2020 | University of Chicago
On October 15, when escalating protests led to thousands of demonstrators gathering publicly on the anniversary of a student-led uprising against a military dictatorship, Prime Minister Prayut invoked a state of emergency in Bangkok. The Emergency Decree cited “groups...
by Madison Ambrose | Oct 14, 2020 | Northeastern University
Tennesseans have been protesting against systemic racism and police brutality since June, joining other states in demanding justice for George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, two Black Americans killed by police officers earlier this year. The murders of Floyd and Taylor...
by Joseph Ozmer | Oct 14, 2020 | University of Georgia
October marks the one-year anniversary of Iraq’s anti-government protests. These protests have shaken Iraq while it still recovers from the devastating war with ISIS. Iraqis are furious with the Iranian interference, ineffectual governance, violent militia impunity,...
by Zina Dolan | Oct 12, 2020 | Brown University
On October 2, a police officer pushed a teenage protestor off a bridge in Santiago, Chile. This is only the most recent act of brutality in the now yearlong pro-democracy protests in Chile. Citizens took to the streets in October 2019 after President Sebastián Piñera...
